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Type Locality : Furnace Creek Formation, Late Miocene, near Furnace Creek Ranch, Inyo County. 
Paratvpes : USNM 16884 and 16885, presumably from the type locality. 
Referred Specimens : LACM (CIT) locality 10245, two specimens on one slab, from the type locality of 
f/] curryi, i.e. Titus Canyon Formation, Late Eocene, Inyo County. 
Remarks : Because there is at least 25 Ma between the presence of the holotype and the referred specimen, it 
is unlikely the two specimens are the same species. Based on molecular evidence, Fundulus is included 
in the family Fundulidae (Nelson et al. 2004:218; Nelson 2006). 
Fundulus sp. 
Selected Synonymy & References 
f Parafundulus erdisi Jordan 1924:Uyeno and Miller 1962:523-524. 
Fundulus sp.: Uyeno and Miller 1962:524. 
Fundulus sp.: Smith 1981:table 2. 
Fundulus sp.: Welton and Link 1982:209, table 2. 
Locality : UCLA locality 4193, Posey Canyon Shale Member, Peace Valley Formation, Mio-Pliocene, Los 
Angeles County (see Remarks). 
Referred Specimen in Uveno and Miller 11962:5241 : They concluded that specimen CAS 55422 (SU 606 
[= 506?]), partial right counterpart and a paratype of f Parafundulus erdisi Jordan, is a species of 
Fundulus based on a photograph in Jordan 1924:plate J. See Remarks section for f Empetrichthys erdisi. 
Cyprinodontidae. 
Referred Specimen in Smith 0981J : None. Cyprinodontidae. 
Remarks : Uyeno and Miller (1962) reported that UCLA locality 4193 was within the Posey Canyon Shale 
Formation and was of Middle-Upper Pliocene age. The Posey Canyon Shale Formation is now considered 
a member of the Peace Valley Formation (Link 1982:10). Welton and Link (1982:208) recognized the age 
of the Upper Peace Valley Formation as Hemphillian, a North American Land Mammal Age that extends 
from Middle-Late Miocene to earliest Pliocene (ca. 9.0-5.0 Ma) (Woodbume and Swisher 1995:fig. 7). 
Because the Posey Canyon Shale Member is located in the Upper Peace Valley Formation (Welton and 
Link 1982:fig. 2) and fossils diagnostic of its age are lacking (Link 1982:11), we follow Hall (2007:259) 
and recognize the age as Mio-Pliocene. 
?Fundulus Lacepede 1803 
Selected Synonymy & References 
? Cyprinodontidae: Pierce 1959:79, pis. 25-26. 
Cyprinodontidae gen. and sp. undetermined.: Hubbs and Miller 1961:120. 
? Fundulus : Uyeno and Miller 1963, table 1. 
Referred Specimens : Calico Mountains, formation not given, Middle or Late Miocene, San Bernardino 
County; two specimens in one siliceous nodule. 
Referred Specimens in Uveno and Miller (T9631 : refers to specimen in Pierce (1959). Cyprinodontidae. 
Family Goodeidae 
Genus Empetrichthys Gilbert 1893 
f Empetrichthys erdisi (Jordan 1924) 
Figure 55 
Selected Synonymy & References 
f Parafundulus erdisi Jordan 1924:45-47, pis. I, J. 
f Empetrichthys erdisi (Jordan): Uyeno and Miller 1962:520-532, fig. 1, table 1. 
f Empetrichthys erdisi (Jordan): Uyeno and Miller 1963:table 1. 
f Empetrichthys erdisi (Jordan): Smith 1981:172, table 2. 
f. Empetrichthys erdisi (Jordan): Welton and Link 1982:208, fig. 3, table 2. 
